Editing Magic in Winterweir (section)

== An Explanation of Magic==

Magic flows from the Outer Chaos in Winterweir.  All human beings on Teth-Ammon have innate psychic potential as do most races that are descended from them.  Thus, everyone has the potential to use magic even if only a rare few are likely to nurture the gift.  Magic on Winterweir is something that inspires awe and many use it to gain powerful positions or set themselves up as holy men or gods.

As a note, Priests in Winterweir often have spellcasters (though not all can do so), but they draw their magic from the same sources as wizards do.  They do not actually know this even though some suspect that magicians draw from the same source they do.  Magic is fundamentally about willpower and thus a person might believe they are a god and be able to use sorcery rather than because they are formally trained.

As a result, Wizards can heal just like priests and Priests can work the same sorts of magic that wizards use.  Things like Monks learn to use their bodies as a focus for magic to become "Enlightened."